Critérium du Dauphiné 2020 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

August 15, 2020

Critérium du Dauphiné 2020 – Stage 4 – Ugine – Megève : 173 km

The Critérium du Dauphiné – the most recognised Tour de France warm-up race – returns later this week (August 12-16) with a hugely impressive start list that includes Egan Bernal, Chris Froome, Primož Roglič, Tom Dumoulin, Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot. Race organisers, have reduced the race from eight to five days and shifted it from June to August but have ensured that the GC riders on show will have a thorough workout ahead of the Tour de France. The route comprises five uphill or mountain-top finishes, with the race culminating in back-to-back mountain stages to Megève. There are no time trials or sprint stages, with the route instead of focusing on the Tour de France contenders. The start-list is nothing short of breathtaking, with a star-studded list of entries comprising nearly every Tour de France contender. While the Tour de L’Ain was very much the Ineos versus Jumbo-Visma show, the Dauphiné has far greater depth, with the very rarely talked about Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) all set to start.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) survived a nasty crash to retain the leader’s jersey at the Criterium du Dauphine on a day that saw Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) abandon and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) crash out.

Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) escaped from the big-name breakaway of the day to win the stage on the Megève airport finish, confirming his climbing pedigree.

The talented 23-year-old German rider let others attack in the final kilometres and then jumped across and past Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) and David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) to win alone.

The likes of Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Ineos) were distanced as Kämna won the first professional and first WorldTour race of his career. De la Cruz finished second at 41 seconds, with Alaphilippe third at 56 seconds. Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) was fourth at 58 seconds.

Roglic finished battered and bruised but still in the leader’s jersey, 3:01 down on Kamnä.

With one more mountain stage to race, Roglic leads Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) by 14 seconds and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) is third overall at 24 seconds.

How it unfolded

The news that Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) would not start was the first major news of the day but it would prove not to be the last in a day of high Alpine climbs, pain and emotions on the toad to Megève.

Teammate Geraint Thomas revealed that the 2019 Tour de France winner was suffering from a back problem only confirmed Team Ineos problems and seemed to strengthen Jumbo-Visma’s hand. However, there is never a quiet moment in the COVID-19 rescheduled racing.

The riders rolled out of Ugine focused on the mountain stage to Megève, with the chances of a breakaway staying away highly likely. Nils Politt (Israel Start-Up Nation) was the only other non-starter, though his teammate Andre Greipel soon climbed off.

There was a real fight to get in the move of the day with Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) one of the first to put his cards on the table. On the rolling roads, he was joined by Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step).

On the Col de Plan Bois others groups got across to form a super group of 14 riders. In there were Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-McLaren), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana Pro Team), Dylan van Baarle (Team Ineos), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-McLaren) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Lennard Kamnä (Bora-Hansgrohe), David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates), Marc Soler (Movistar), Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb), Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Ineos), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) and Fausto Masnada (CCC Team).

They soon opened a 2:30 lead on the peloton, with Jumbo-Visma and Groupama-FDJ leading the chase. The race settled for a second but was shocked again when Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) crashed hard and quit the race. Kruijswijk had a deep cut on his left elbow and his team said he had dislocated his shoulder. Just two weeks before the Tour de France, three of the top four from the 2019 race were suffering.

With 100km to race, the break took advantage of the hesitation behind to open a 3:30 gap.

This first part of the race included one Alpine climb after another and so the break pushed out their lead to over four minutes. Kamnä was the nearest threat overall at 5:21 down on Roglic but Jumbo-Visma rode diligently at the front, even after losing Kruijswijk.

However, the race twisted again after 82km when Roglic crashed hard. He suffered some nasty road rash and even seemed to climb into a Jumbo-Visma team car, perhaps thinking of abandoning, before setting off again and returning to the peloton.

Jumbo-Visma stopped the chase of the break for a moment and so the peloton eased, allowing the break to extend their lead to 5:00.

Results :
1 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:27:56
2 David De la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:41
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:00:56
4 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:58
5 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:02
6 Fausto Masnada (Ita) CCC Team 0:01:10
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:01:19
8 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:01:43
9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:01
10 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
11 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
12 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
13 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
14 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
15 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Pro Cycling
16 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
17 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
18 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
19 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
20 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
21 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
22 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
25 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
26 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:03:10
27 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 0:03:12
28 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:22
29 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:47
30 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:04:47
31 Victor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team
32 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain McLaren 0:04:55
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:05:19
34 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:49
35 Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
36 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:07:59
37 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 0:10:14
38 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis 0:10:27
39 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:11:47
40 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:29
41 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling
42 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
43 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
44 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
45 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain McLaren
46 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
47 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic
48 William Barta (USA) CCC Team
49 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
50 Sergio Higuita (Col) EF Pro Cycling
51 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:16:02
52 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
53 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
54 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation
55 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
56 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
57 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
58 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
59 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
60 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:27
61 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-Quickstep
63 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
64 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
65 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis
66 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
67 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
68 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation
69 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
70 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
72 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:22:38
73 Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling
74 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
75 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling
76 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
77 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert
78 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Pro Cycling
79 Thomas Degand (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
80 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
81 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
82 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling
83 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sunweb
84 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
85 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep
86 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
87 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis
88 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling
89 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
90 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
91 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) CCC Team
92 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
93 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
94 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling
95 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
96 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton-Scott
97 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
98 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos
99 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team
100 Pieter Weening (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
101 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
102 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:26:54
103 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
104 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
105 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation
106 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) NTT Pro Cycling
107 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
108 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
109 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
110 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
111 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren
112 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Sunweb
113 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
114 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
115 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
116 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
117 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
118 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
119 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep
120 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling
121 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
122 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep
123 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling
124 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
126 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep
127 Alexander Evans (Aus) Circus-Wanty Gobert
128 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
129 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
130 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
131 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
132 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
133 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
134 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
135 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie
136 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:30:26
137 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:32:40
138 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
139 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis 0:36:37
DNF Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNS Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
DNF Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
DNF André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNS Nils Politt (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 17:45:32
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:14
3 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:24
4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 0:00:26
5 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Pro Cycling
6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:32
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:35
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
9 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:17
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:01:24
11 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:02:03
12 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:09
13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
14 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:10
15 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:30
16 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:03:15
17 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:52
18 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:23
19 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:33
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:50
21 Victor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team 0:09:27
22 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:15:22
23 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:15:28
24 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:04
25 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:14
26 David De la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:35
27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling 0:16:49
28 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:17:02
29 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:59
30 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:20:17
31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:20:37
32 Fausto Masnada (Ita) CCC Team 0:20:38
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:22:57
34 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling 0:23:10
35 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:24:35
36 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 0:24:43
37 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 0:25:14
38 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:27:43
39 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 0:29:42
40 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Pro Cycling 0:31:09
41 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:32:03
42 Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:32:39
43 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:34:14
44 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:34:56
45 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:35:05
46 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:35:47
47 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:36:27
48 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:36:58
49 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:40:36
50 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:40:38
51 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:42:07
52 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:42:35
53 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
54 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:43:09
55 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:43:40
56 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:43:48
57 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:44:30
58 Sergio Higuita (Col) EF Pro Cycling 0:47:27
59 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis 0:47:30
60 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:49:07
61 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain McLaren 0:51:04
62 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:52:14
63 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:52:28
64 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:53:19
65 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos 0:53:23
66 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:54:21
67 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:54:51
68 William Barta (USA) CCC Team 0:55:07
69 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:55:46
70 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:56:00
71 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:58:37
72 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:00:28
73 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:00:38
74 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation 1:01:12
75 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:02:07
76 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sunweb 1:02:12
77 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:02:14
78 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 1:02:18
79 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 1:02:47
80 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 1:03:10
81 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:03:14
82 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 1:03:24
83 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 1:03:42
84 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 1:05:14
85 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton-Scott 1:05:27
86 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis 1:06:02
87 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 1:06:44
88 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 1:08:26
89 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 1:08:58
90 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 1:09:00
91 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 1:09:02
92 Thomas Degand (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 1:10:03
93 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert
94 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
95 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis 1:10:22
96 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 1:11:26
97 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:12:42
98 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 1:13:34
99 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 1:14:31
100 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 1:14:40
101 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain McLaren
102 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) CCC Team 1:14:56
103 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling 1:15:11
104 Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling 1:15:12
105 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 1:15:49
106 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 1:16:26
107 Pieter Weening (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:17:10
108 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 1:17:58
109 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:18:20
110 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:19:21
111 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:19:39
112 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling 1:20:19
113 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) NTT Pro Cycling 1:20:22
114 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling 1:20:30
115 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:21:12
116 Alexander Evans (Aus) Circus-Wanty Gobert 1:21:27
117 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 1:21:38
118 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:21:49
119 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep 1:22:41
120 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 1:23:23
121 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 1:23:44
122 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:25:03
123 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 1:25:40
124 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 1:26:02
125 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 1:26:28
126 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:26:45
127 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 1:27:14
128 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:30:14
129 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:30:34
130 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 1:32:27
131 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:32:50
132 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:34:57
133 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 1:35:24